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Yet anoher gem fro Brussels, it seems that we are now having to change from 17 hole to 5 hole salt cellars in our chippies, Middlesborgh Council are one of the first to take this on board. the thinking is that by doing this it will be more healthier by cuting down on salt intake:eek: beam be up Scotty

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Have to shake the salt pot 3 times more then eh? :rolleyes:

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i wonder how much this VITAL new legislation has cost so far?:rolleyes:

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Would have been cheaper to make all chippies charge for salt then no-one will use any until they get home and add it there.
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All sounds a bit pathetic to me. If you want salt your going to put on as much as you want, it doesnt matter how many holes there are, youre just going to shake it for longer

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Or get home and put more on. Some things just have to have plenty of salt on them, fish and chips is one of them.

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It is like the chap who produced Kiwi fruit...it proved to be 1mm too small to pass EU regulations and it meant that he could not sell them.....and he couldn't give them away either(he would have been prosecuted) so the whole lot were dumped.
Now in a world where there is hunger and poverty(some of it in this country) why do we have to have regulations like this?
There was absolutely nothing wrong with this fruit, but the chap had to throw it all away...he said he lost £1000 by having to abide by these mad regulations.

It is said that the EU are looking at relaxing some of the rules regarding mis-shaped fruit and veggies, it won't be a minute too soon.

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Think they have already relaxed the ruling on some things. Who the hell dreams up these barmy rules??

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This has GOT to be a wind-up surely? Nobody seriously thinks the number of holes in a salt pot is going to change the amount of salt we put on food do they? :D

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it was only last week when they said the EU were scapping the system where bannanas etc had to be a certain size or shape and then they pull this out of the hat


less holes in the salt cellar will only make it more difficult to ensure all your chips get salt on them so it could actualy mean people putting more salt on then ever and arnt the EU aware that we put dry peas in the salt cellar to stop too much salt escaping

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Aaah yes, but do they specify how big the holes have to be ?

I love my salt, and the one at home only has one hole, but large.... :D

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The answer is simple – have larger holes or did this slip by the idiots who thought up the rule? In any case my salt cellar has one large hole. Pepper pots have small holes.

I think that we should get this salt issue into perspective. The human body NEEDS salt otherwise without it you DIE. But then too much salt will kill you. How much you need is dependant on how much you sweat. Someone working very hard physically will need more salt than someone, like me, who has a sedentary lifestyle. Servicemen in hot climates were issued with salt tablets.

Salt is also needed in cooking. It helps to bring out the flavour of the food. Or so I’m told. Boil potatoes without any salt in the water and boil some with some salt and notice the difference in taste. A cooked meal suitably salted during the cooking doesn’t need any extra salt. But today the ready made meals come salt free so we just pour on loads of salt to give the darned thing some taste and thus defeat the object of the exercise and end up with a larger intake of salt.

Move over on the transporter pad, I wanna come with you.

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It helps to keep salt pot manufacturers in business, so, would everybody with more than the regulation holes please put it in the bin and buy a new salt and pepper set please, just in time for the eu to re-regulate the allotted number of holes in pepper pots and we can do it all again. Thank you!

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I dont buy salt, i dont use salt and i dont like salt.....

Theres enough salt in our food withou us adding more.. for those that say they need salt on their food becasue they are used to having it and it doesnt taste the same.. your taste buds are replaced every 2 weeks so you can 'train' them to be different.... if you go without salt for 2 weeks you wont need it on your food anymore.

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Are you trying to get a eu ban on taste bud replacements em? SSSSHHHHH

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What a load of tosh!
I always put more salt on Fish and Chips when i get home anyway!
Just more money wasted by the EU on hair brained schemes!

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It is ridiculous. When are we gonna tell the EU where to stick their rules.

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i happen to love salt, its my choice i dont want to train em, your choice is up to you.:mosher:

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lol.... thats fair enough... you like it so you use it.... its the ones that say "i would cut down but i cant eat with out it "

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I don't use salt either

But if I did then I would just shake the pot more times, so whats the point

Just another waste of money

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Well now, can anyone see the difference?

Notice the capital I's and the extra punctuation marks? Oh! and karma for the other difference when spotted.

That's because salt helps to keep the brain active!
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i said with out and you said without..............

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Correct, but I see you are still using a small i rather than a capital when referring to yourself, so karma deducted!:D

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When the government give us the chance to vote on the Lisbon agreement:eek:

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These are salt cellars in the public domain Willow, places like Chippies, Cafes ect, not the ones a home

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I just type what I have to say.............I know how to punctuate....and the proper use of capitals.... I just choose not to.......

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Oooooh! shock, Horror, how iggorant!
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ignorant?

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Exactly, if we all become lazy we all end up talking our own language, you started it and yet you claim to know better, lazybones!:D

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Use more salt ... it helps cover up the taste of mercury and other toxic elements in the fish ... or put a dish of the stuff on the counter and use the old fashioned "pinch of salt method.":rolleyes:

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The dried pea is used to soak up the condensation and keep the salt dry.Not to bung up the holes so it won't come out:rolleyes:

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Well I realise that Willow, but doesn't this show up this crack pot idea altoether, it appears that people who think these thing up need to get a proper job

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What has the number of holes in the salt celler got to do with the price of fish? its stupid, who ever came up with that idia needs his or her head looking at someone call the loony bin.

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I hear you guys have a fine big loony bin in Westminster, a lot like the one the Americans have on the Potomac. Canadian loonies are worth a dollar, and you can exchange them for beer, and forget all about this political BS.:)

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yep westminster is full to the brim of loonys, gorden brown begin the biggest.

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I'll bet Greg don't agree with ya:D:rolleyes:

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thats up to him, but more then likely he will agree. :-)

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Theres always some one who will take the poor lambs on out of pity, and anyway they usually get a knighthood don't they:D:rolleyes: